my function does not execute by the router - node.js

Question

I have a router and it should execute my function when the user wants to access /matches URL, but it doesn't
this is my controller that my function is wroten in there
const matchModel = require(`./../models/matchModel`);
//This function will get matches
exports.getMatches = async (req, res) => {
const matches = await matchModel.find();
res.status(200).json({
status: "success",
results: matches.length,
data: {
matches,
},
});
};
this is my route handler that should execute the function in the controller
const express = require("express");
const matchController = require(`./../controllers/matchController`);
const router = express.Router();
router.route("/matches").get(matchController.getMatches);
module.exports = router;
and this is my app file that adds URLs to middleware
const express = require("express");
const matchRouter = require(`./routes/matchRoutes`);
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
//importing routers
app.use("/matches", matchRouter);
module.exports = app;
and after all, I run this server.js file to run my app
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const dotenv = require("dotenv");
//setting up dotenv setting and
dotenv.config({ path: "./config.env" });
const conString = process.env.DATABASE_CON_STRING;
const port = process.env.PORT;
const app = require(`./app`);
mongoose
.connect(conString, {
useNewUrlParser: true,
useCreateIndex: true,
useFindAndModify: false,
useUnifiedTopology: true,
})
.then(() => {
console.log("connection to DB has been established successfully!");
});
app.listen(port, () => {
console.log("server is running...");
});

Answer 1

You are loading the router under /matches
app.use("/matches", matchRouter);
Then you are loading the /matches route under that router
router.route("/matches").get(matchController.getMatches);
That is going to make the route /matches/matches.
You probably want it to be router.route(''). This will be the index route under the /matches router.